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This is purely speculative and of course there's no way any of us we'll get to find out (unless medical science has a REALLY big breakthrough), but what popular music artists do you envision will STILL get talked about and listened to in the future?

Honestly I don't see much if anything from the 70's, 80's and 90's surviving into 2104. I think 20th century popular music will be boiled down to a handful af artists, mainly Sinatra, Elvis and The Beatles with maybe a few hardcore rock aficianados here and there who will tout Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, etc. Maybe rock won't even exist?

Even Elvis is a dodgy one because his celebrity has pretty much eclipsed his music so maybe Sinatra and The Beatles in terms of people actually listening to their work.

I was thinking about Bing Crosby the other day, who was a top selling artist for about 25 years but is now known primarily for his recording of "White Christmas" and little else.

While I can't say what artists will surive, I think it's fair to say that The Rolling Stones will still be alive, together and performing, so it's sort of a given they'll be remembered.

Brian Eno...The godfather of ambient,New age,trance, lo-fi etc... Now with the advent of Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long Now secures his name being a topic a hundred years from now.
or maybe milly vanilly hah[:D]

I think there will always be a small following of the "old music," just as today there are afficionados who know and listen to the works of obscure 18th century composers. It may be a very small percentage of the population that are familiar with some wo

I think Otters is the most right. The 20th century was the first one where songs were able to be recorded on a consistent basis.

We can look at 100 year old recordings now and see which ones have lasted to the present. Enrico Caruso, Benjimino Gigli,

I predict that in 2104 people will still be talking about a future punk band (or what ever is really offensive in the future that is not rap), a band called ??? ????? ?????. A band fronted by my son Quite Life jr. This band will be so provocitive that i

I think the biggies will never be forgotton. These bands will live on forever.

60's
The Beatles
The Stones

70's
The Bee Gees (although they started in the 60's)
The Eagles
Zeppelin
I guess maybe even Kraftwerk for what they started

80's
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I threw a bad brains album into a time capsule in high school. I think it's scheduled to be opened in 2100. It was worth a shot.

I'm not so sure that current music (1950's - Today) will be remembered well in 100 years time ... after all, who nowadays really listens to that much Enrico Caruso?

I believe some music truly is timeless. 50-60 years later people are falling in love with music of Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and today whole new legions of Beatle fans are evolving, same with the Stones.

I am guessing

I think in 100 years music will be less of a cultural behemoth like it is today. Therefore, I think there will be big interest in old music from the 1930s to now. Since so much music is so bland and corporate driven today, (Ashlee Simpson comes to mine)

You make a very good point, altho i disagree. Music has ALWAYS been a huge behemoth in people's lives and culture. From way back in caveman days, when drumming on primitive animal skins was a way to entertain and bring the cavemen together; not to mention